Name: LOUISE BOURGEOIS (1911-2010)
Brand: Eight in Bed
Price: 2400.00 USD
Availability: SoldOut

LOUISE BOURGEOIS (1911-2010)
Eight in Bed
lithograph in colors with embossing, on Rives BFK paper, 2000, initialed in pencil, annotated 'SI 1' (a SOLO Impression proof, the edition was 40 plus twelve artist's proofs), printed and published by SOLO Impression, New York, with their blindstamp, with full margins, in generally very good condition
Image: 14 x 17 in. (356 x 432 mm.)
Sheet: 20⁵⁄₈ x 23¹⁄₂ in. (524 x 597 mm.)

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Judith Solodkin of SOLO Impression notes the composition started out as seven in bed, and only later did Bourgeois add herself at the far left to make eight. The shape of the bedframe, which is inspired by Man Ray's well-known image of lips, was embossed by Solodkin using a cardboard template she cut out in the shape of the famous lips.